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News: 14 February 2014Charlie Parker's Life Inspires New OperaFew figures loom as large or cast as long a shadow as
saxophonist Charlie Parker, best known as "Bird" (short for "Yardbird") to
generations of musicians.

Review: 7 June 2013Opera Round-up: PBS at
the MetWhether in contemporary works or old masters,
opera critic Joel Kasow maintains that the Met honors only two types of
productions: the venerable or the flashy.

Comment: 13 October 2011New YorkEnglish Queen Loses Her
Head at Met GalaSocialists, socialites, investment
bankers and Martha Stewart are among those on the red carpet for the
annual Opening Night Gala at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Television: 13 May 2010New YorkGreat
Performances at the Met: CarmenDirected by
Richard Eyre and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Elīna Garanča sings
title role opposite Roberto Alagna as Don José in this new production of
"Carmen." at at the Met.

Interview: 30 March 2010ParisIldebrando
DArcangeloWhen Ildebrando DArcangelo is described as
"the hottest thing in Opera these days," it is a winking acknowledgment of
the many meanings of the term "hot." But the Italian bass-baritone
superstar is charmingly self-deprecating and approachable, as our Patricia
Boccadoro recently found out.

Opera Review: 17 May 2009Lyon,
FranceSordid
Seductress: the Alarming Allure of LuluCall her by any name, but
the astonishing Lulu , currently in a production by the Opéra
National de Lyon, is making an indelible mark on the standard opera
repertoire. Joel Kasow offers his review.

Opera eviewLyon, FranceLyon Gambles on Las
VegasPart of the Festival of Lost Heros, Prokofiev's 'The Gambler'
was shifted from mid-19th century Baden-Baden to contemporary Las Vegas
with an army of extras including three chambermaids who washed the windows
for a good ten minutes before the opera began," writes Joel Kasow from
Lyon, France.

NewsNew YorkBrokeback
Mountain as OperaNew York's City Opera has
commissioned American composer Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based
on Annie Proulxs short story "Brokeback Mountain."